abc's ryan owens reports tonight. >> reporter: crews in gas masks and chem suits stray around dallas schools at night. trying to make sure mosquitos are gone by the time students return to class later this month. dallas county home to almost 3 million people just declared that public health in which. it's never seen this many cases this early in august. they've been spraying from trucks nearly every night but it's not enough. so the county has now approved dumping pesticides from the air over these heavily populated areas. >> we're talking about a third world virus that we don't have a blue prints to say this works versus, you know, another plan. >> reporter: scientists say the virus is more common because the unusually warm winter meant fewer freezes that killed mosquitos. west nile has been reported now in 42 states. 241 people have been diagnosed. texas has been hardest hit. dallas county alone has seen more than 175 infections with nine deaths. this 39-year-old dallas area landscaper was bitten a few weeks ago. >> yeah, definitely sicker than i've ever been. >> reporter: late aug

abc's ryan owens brings us an encore presentation. >> reporter: they are the name brand fashionistas love to wear. gucci, prad day. but for every pair of real designer jeans, there are dozens of fakes for sale. it's a booming business for the bad guys, worth an estimated $600 billion a year. just yesterday, authorities in california confiscated more than 20,000 pairs of faux pumps, with a retail value of $18 million. >> these red-soled shoes were coming out of china. the genuine products are only made in italy. >> reporter: the fakes cost less than $3 to make. the genuine article sell for up to 6,000 bucks. these border control guys are trained to spot the difference. but this isn't just some high end fashion bust. the counterfeit business cost the u.s. economy $250 billion a year and 750,000 american jobs. and it's not just luxury clothes and shoes. imports range from perfume to luxury car parts to circuit boards destined for nasa. here at the long beach sea port, 14,000 containers come through every day. that's a shipment every seven seconds. >> with the volume of freight that we g

while the climber was hanging there, he began documenting his harrowing tale here's abc's ryan owensorter: larry bishop never wanted to forget this climb. so the 64-year-old first took a picture with the peak behind him. then here is on top of it. minutes later, larry took a wrong turn and fell. his next picture shows where he landed. staring 10,000 feet down, stuck on a steep slick sheet of granite. a ledge with barely room for his hiking boots. >> i've never been in a position to say, how much am i willing to do to stay alive? i quickly discovered i was ready to do anything. >> reporter: he had no water, a few plants for food. he dangled off that mountain near fresno, california for 52 hours. two sleepless nights -- he took this picture of his weary face, dehydrated and delirious. he started a goodbye notebook to his wife and daughter. >> saying i love you, sorry i can't make it. >> reporter: detailing the most difficult hours. >> very tired, foggy and worst 24 hours in my life. hope someone has the rescue squad coming. >> reporter: it turned out, they did. one of them risked his o

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> ryan, our thanks to us. >>> still much more ahead this "world news"saturday. a dash cam capturing the moment inside a bus as it flips. survival story coming up. >>> later, the u.s. takes the lead in the olympic gold rush. we can anyone catch up mathematically? before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. with copd, i thought i'd miss our family tradition. now symbicort significantly improves m

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> i want to bring in abc's medical editor, dr. richard besser, spent most of his career tracking diseases with the cdc. so, 400 people have already had the most severe consequences. what are we going to do about this? >> reporter: it's very serious. and there is no treatment. so, the key here is really all about prevention. and when you talk about prevention, the key is, fight the bite. if you don't get bit by a mosquito, you're not going to get this disease. the woman that we saw in this story, it doesn't always go away. 60% of people continue to have those neurological similarympto five years. >> and where does it come from? >> reporter: well, mosquitos get it from birds. it is people who are over 50, healthy and active, they are outside, who are most likely to get the most severe kind of west nile virus. >> very high fever and aches? >> reporter: aches -- it will seem like you have the flu. and if you've got the flu and it's in an area where there is west nile circulating, it could be this disease. >> all right, thank you, dr.

ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> married mother of three.ideo they used as evidence did not show her face. however, they were able to trace it to her because it had a familiar tattoo and very recognizable tattoo in the video that belongs to her. allegedly, reportedly. >> videotaping no less. apparently, four of the instances included not one, but multiple students. >> multiple students. >> not a one-on-one thing, a group thing. >> interesting. another student who ryan owens mentioned in the piece said he did not believe that the teacher committed a crime. he says, i'm not a victim. and he said he was happy to be at her home. i think that -- i don't want to put you on the spot. what a lot of men are thinking about there. >> 18, in school, a boy, later on when i you grow up, you might say probably was taking advantage. at 18 maybe not complaining. depend on the person the i suppose. >>> let's move right along. still ahead, a reunion that tells us a lot more than relationships between two brothers. >> these amazing pictures of a gorilla greetin

abc's ryan owens has the story. ♪ o say can you see >> reporter: it was supposed to be her big break. even this 11-year-old knew she blew it. >> yeah, it wasn't my best at all. >> reporter: before a nationally televised major league soccer game in a stadium packed with 22,000 fans, well just listen. ♪ perilous fight >> reporter: 11-year-old harper gruson had been practicing for weeks. she said she couldn't hear herself and was thrown off-key by the annoying horns so popular with soccer fans. ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ i turned around and i was like starting to sing, and i was like, wow -- that's, that's the wrong key i'm supported to start in. >> reporter: on youtube some one posted "my ears are bleeding," the web site called it "the worst national anthem rendition ever." "so bad it had to be heard to be believed. i want to feel sorry for her, but i can't." someone commented. >> what i felt like doing was just unplug her. take her out. of everything. and just, you know, protect her. >> the things that people were saying is really heartbreaking. >> reporter: harper can take comfort

full picture, as mentioned, let's check in with our abc news extreme weather team starting with ryan owens, who is southwest of us here in houma, louisiana. ryan, how are you doing? >> hey, bill, good to see you. we're about 60 miles south and to the west of you to be exact. not at all far from the gulf of mexico and not at all far from the eye of isaac. we expect that will pass directly over us here in houma in an hour or two. so far, it's not raining. we've seen plenty of rain tonight throughout bands. we have seen gusty bands but nothing that approaches hurricane strength. we are hunkered down at the public library here, about 100 blocks from the shelter. people with small children, saying we're not going to take a chance of losing power, not with small children in the house. ironically, we met one mother there who has a 4-year-old son whose name is isaac. she said he's getting quite a bit of grief around that shelter when people find out he shares a name with this storm. bill? >> you got to wonder how many isaacs will be born nine months or so from tonight. ryan, thanks so much. let's

full picture, as mentioned, let's check in with our abc news extreme weather team starting with ryan owens, who is southwest of us here in houma, louisiana. ryan, how are you doing? >> good to see you, bill. we're about 60 miles south and to the west to be exact from where you are. we're awfully close to the gulf of mexico here and to the center of isaac. to the actual eye. that is expected to pass right over us. clearly that hasn't happened yet because as you can see, we're getting plenty of rain as well as some winds. we've hunkered down next to the public library here which is right down the street from a shelter that a lot of people here are taking advantage of. about 175 families there, mostly parents with their small children. they did not want did take the risk of losing power, not with small kids. one mom has a 4-year-old son whose name is isaac. she says he's getting a little bit of grief around the shelter once people figured out he has the same name as the storm that forced them from their homes. bill? >> you've got to wonder how many isaacs will be born nine months from tonight

ryan owens abc news, california. >>> when we come back here tonight, something we never heard before.his. [ shouting ] >> those are the sounds of a baby bear struggling in the water. and the happy ending on the other side of the break here. questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. they claim to be complete. only centrum goes beyond. providing more than just the essential nutrients, so i'm at my best. centrum. always your most complete. >>> an olympic moment tonight for ann romney, the wife of the republican candidate. she is in london, watching today her horse perform a series of moves to ended up looking like ballet for horses. we're told the u.s. team has a shot at the bronze medal. rafalca is the horse's name and she had an impressive ranking by the end of the day, right there in the middle of the pack. >>> from alaska this evening microsoft was fishin

. >> reporter: and abc's ryan owens didn't need to step on the gas to follow the soggy eye of isaac, through louisiana to america's heartland. >> the storm is moving so painfully slow that just by driving at normal speeds we've actually breached the eye wall. now we're into more of the difficult weather. you can see it's pouring outside. the car is blowing around a little bit, as we come closer to some of the hurricane-force winds. >> reporter: boy, what some of the folks in the drought-stricken midwest wouldn't give for some of this water, right? president obama did declare louisiana, mississippi, disaster areas tonight. that will open up some federal money for some of the folks down here. and 95% of the oil wells out in the gulf of mexico still shut down. gas has gone up nine cents in the past week, so, isaac may find its way into your wallet eventually that way. >>> when we come back, my colleague terry moran will join us from tampa with the latest on paul ryan's big night at the republican convention there. and a reminder that in the morning, sam champion and his extreme weather

abc's ryan owens is in dallas for us tonight. >> reporter: crews spent the day after hosing down playgroundquipment and wiping off drinking fountains. after a night of pesticides raining down on dallas, there's no such thing as too careful. last night, those planes flew low over some of big d's biggest neighborhoods. residents warned to stay inside. >> this is by far the most difficult call i've had to make as an elected official. >> reporter: dallas county judge clay jenkins reluctantly pulled the trigger on the air assault after ten people here died of west nile virus. he says without immediate action, the death toll would grow. >> there were no scientists saying don't do it. >> reporter: what's falling from the sky is the same pesticide ground crews have been spraying here for weeks. aerial spraying actually requires fewer chemicals, just two tablespoons can treat a football field. the epa says the chemical mist is only harmful to people or pets if it's swallowed, but some doctors say people with asthma or respiratory problems are at risk. the pesticide called duet is toxic to bees and f

abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: just think of dangling up there.on for dear life. imagine doing it for two seconds. now, meet the man who did it for more than two days. >> i've never been in a position to say, how much am i willing to do to stay alive. >> reporter: larry bishop is an experienced hiker. the 46-year-old snapped this picture before climbing to that peak just behind him near fresno, california. on the way down, he took a wrong turn and got stuck on the slick granite face of the mountain. he took this photo, too. almost 10,000 feet up on a 45-degree angle. >> i basically hoped that i had the stamina and the determination to bear the pain and hang on. >> reporter: he had no water, ate plants to survive. during the day, the view was spectacular. but the sun beat down on him. he was dehydrated and delirious. >> i wanted to see saviors. i wanted to see people who would rescue me. >> reporter: but there was no one there? >> yeah. >> reporter: he started a good-bye notebook to his wife and daughter. >> i love you. i'm sorry i can't make it. >

ryan owens has the very latest. good morning to you, ryan. >> reporter: good morning to you, josh. that aerial spraying went on into the wee hours of the morning. people here warned to stay inside. county officials say it was a big success. but not without a lot of controversy. after all, this is the first time dallas has been sprayed like this in almost 50 years. >> moments ago, planes began taking off -- >> traveling at 172 miles per hour. >> reporter: the overnight aerial attack was carried live on the local news. >> aerial spraying to fight west nile virus under way at this hour. >> reporter: two, small planes flying just a few hundred feet above neighborhoods, raining pesticide down on one of america's biggest cities. dallas' mayor hoped it wouldn't come to this. >> when you're dealing with people's lives, that should come first and foremost. >> reporter: the planes are the latest weapons in the war on mosquitos. crews have been spraying on the ground for several weeks now. but the death toll keeps climbing. ten have now died. so, now, the aerial assault. the e.p.a. says the c

the grammy winner has had a very rough year and abc's ryan owens has more on his downward spiral. >> reporter: bloody with a black eye. randy travis is at least wearing a t-shirt in this mugshot. but that's only after jailers gave him one. ♪ my love is deeper than the holler ♪ >> reporter: police say they found the country superstar, lying naked in the middle of a texas road, not far from his home on tuesday night. >> grayson county 911. >> i just found a guy laying in the road. >> did you almost hit him? >> i don't know. i want to say it was a white male. he had no shirt on. >> reporter: just before that, the clerk at this convenience store says a man with no clothes on game in to buy cigarettes. >> i said, how do you plan on paying for these? >> reporter: minutes later, officers say the 53-year-old crashed his trans am into a construction zone before taking that nude nap. when police arrested him for drunk driving, travis allegedly threatened them. >> at some point after they made contact with him. he threatened to kill two of the troopers. >> reporter: travis was released on bond

abc's matt gutman was in goshe, mississippi, and ryan owens in louisiana with some of what they experiencedthe few hours. >> reporter: we are not far from the gulf of mexico and not at all far from the eye of isaac. we expect that will pass directly over us. so far it is not raining. we have seen plenty of rain throughout the night. right now we're in between bands. we have seen some gusty wind. nothing that approaches hurricane strength, not yet. we are next to the public library here, couple blocks from a shelter where 175 people are spending the night. most of them families with small children who said, you know what, we are not going to take a chance of losing power, not with small children in the house. ironically, we met one mother there who has a 4-year-old son who is named isaac, she said he is getting quite a bit of grief around the shelter when people find out he shares a name with this storm. >> mississippi, the rain and the wind really starting to pick up here. feels like small needles stinging your face. flooding the major issue, watching the waters rise. near this pier, severa

for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> thank you for that, ryan. >>> time, now,our resident zip liner, ginger zee, in for sam champion. >> if i could put a helmet on and jump off a mountain for this, i'll do it. anything for "good morning america." that's right. you'll see that coming up. let's start with what was a stormy and strong thunderstorm, moving through parts of new york yesterday. this video from long island and queens. they had some flooding. more than 2 1/2 inches of rain fell with some of the storms in just a few hours. so that's what it does to the roadways. today, nothing like that. you're going to see much more comfortable temperatures and pleasant conditions. 86 for new york. pittsburgh, 84. back in lexington, 87. it's not quite as tranquil everywhere. there will be severe storms. minneapolis, 67 to >> this weather report, brought to you by purina. and look at this. dallas down to 89. all the way down, the cold front goes. josh and amy? >> all right, ginger. >>> coming up here, kristen stewart's superstar defender. her former co-star, jodie foste

for example, senator owens was critical of the governor's paul ryan-esque budget.ernor brownback on fox news. >> well, what we've done to date is eliminate two thousand state employee positions fte positions. eliminateing eight agencies in state government if the legislature goes along with it. so far which hope they'll go along with most of it. moving forward in the future we'll pull down a number of different programs and eliminate eliminating programs and focusing in on fewer areas of state government. >> jennifer: well, senator owens was not the only one who was critical of the specifics of governor brownback's plans. so were other moderate republicans in the state senate. so brownback started endorsing tea party newcomers against those republican moderates including senator owen's opponent denning. but more importantly it was not just the scorned governor backing by the way tea partyers against sitting legislatures in his own part. it was not just him but the koch brothers. the kansas based conservative billionaires behind the group of americans for prosperity

ryan? uh, pay ball!--$1,000. who is wagner? honus wagner. doubling your score to $2,000. um, reconstruction era, $600. who is johnson? uh, little people, $800, please. who is owentakes you up to $3,600. you're in the lead still. and we're gonna take a break, come back to chat with these players, find out what they've been up to since their first visit on the show, right after this. ñ!ústemple was the winner since their first visit of our teachers tournament this past season. winner of $100,000. and i understand it was pretty exciting-- for the last night of the tournament, you got to watch it where? well, at a restaurant that a friend of mine owns. it, uh, it filmed right during prom, so-- or it aired during prom, so we packed the entire high school, uh, along with their dates onto one school bus, uh, drove them up to the restaurant where they had some tables waiting. uh, we watched the episode, and then they went back and danced. okay, you said you packed them all onto one bus? small school there for you. small school. all right. let's go to jay rhee, who is an oncologist from annapolis. uh, he won five times on our program and said he was going to use the mon